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Some economists claim that most of economics boils down to the statement: “Incentives Matter.” What is often shocking is how small an incentive needs to be in order for it to change people’s behavior.

Brian Blase explains how underlying bad incentives and structure of the welfare system in America leads to waste: “When states spend more, they get more from the federal government … all of this waste ...

“Incentives matter” is the most central lesson of economics. And they matter no matter what kind of social activity you examine or which level of the economy you study.

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